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Later this month,the Justice Department will release 6000 inmates from federal prisons to ease overcrowding. The decision to release the prisoners came final April from the U.
S. Sentencing Commission, a judicial agency which voted to reduce sentences for drug crimes for an average of 11months.
The Marshall Project analyzed the data on 17466 inmates that applied for early release. Here to define the findings is Bill Keller, and editor-in-chief at The Marshall Project.
What you'll learn from this segment:Who these inmates are,where they're from, and what types of convictions they have.
Why nearly half of all drug offenders in federal prisons became eligible for re-sentencing.
How this release of prisoners compares to similar initiatives of the past.
Source: wnyc.org